Safe, Legal, and Unavailable? Abortion Politics in the United StatesSAGE Publications, 2007 - 235 páginas The Supreme Court’s 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion. Yet while the medical procedure is legal—and safe—many women across the country do not have the ability to exercise this reproductive right. Melody Rose examines abortion as a social regulatory policy, thoughtfully and thoroughly chronicling the erosion of abortion rights and availability since Roe. Paying respect to all views of this controversial topic in her engaging new book, Rose explores the success of the right-to-life movement in accumulating local and national policies that restrict access to abortion while enhancing fetal protections. In addition to a basic and brief primer on the practice and history of abortion, Rose considers the roles played by the courts, political parties, and interest groups in constructing barriers to abortion. With an examination of public opinion poll data and a look at both state and national statutory prohibitions on abortion, Rose also shows how powerful language wars have resulted in material policy alterations. Chapter-opening vignettes and vivid storytelling make this brief and topical supplement a good read that is sure to get your students thinking critically about this highly charged topic. As well, the author has augmented chapters with further reading suggestions and provocative discussion questions that invite insightful discussion and analysis. |
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... Table 3.1 documents the thinning number of counties in which abortion pro- viders are located . Between 1992 and 2000 alone , women in the United States lost 11 percent of their abortion providers , leaving 87 percent of all counties ...
Melody Rose. TABLE 3.2 Number of Abortion Providers by State , 1992 and 2000 Number of Providers Without a Provider ... TABLE 3.2 ( continued ) Number of Abortion Providers by Practical Barriers to Abortion Access 91 58 59 60 62 63 63 64 67.
... Table 3.3 contains a list of the variety of abortion restrictions imposed by the states . As the table indicates , some of these restrictions are quite common and their meaning self - apparent . In other cases , including those found in ...
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Just the Facts | 30 |
Conclusion | 50 |
Abortion on Demand? The Supreme Court | 57 |
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